Baling-press.



J. C. DAMRON.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 2, 1908.

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Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

W@ NNW ATTORNEYS J. C. DAMRON.

- BALING PRESS.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. 2, 1908. @M Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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BALING-PRESS. f

`'pecfcation of Letters Patent.

Patented March-2, isos.

l Appiicaeoneled october 2,1908.I serai materassi.

To all whom 'it may cof/wem? l Beit known that I, JOSEPH citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Roanoke, in the county of Roanoke and leStateoflYirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBaling-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

, This invention is an improvement in baling presses and relatesespecially to that class of 10 lpresses illustrated in my former patent749,662, dated January l2, 1904.

The present invention rovides a machine adapted to be o erated y power,such as horse ower ortie like and to furnish tri laping evices forautomatically releasing t e shifting and lockingY devices .for the gearmechanism `when the` plunger reaches the end of its pressing stroke.

The invention consists incertain novel 2o constructions and combinationsof parts as Will be hereinafter described and claimed.

' In the drawings, 'Figure l is a top plan View, artly broken away, of abaling press embo ying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a Fig. 3 is a detailrspective view of the tripping devices, and

i ig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the press,

partly broken away, and showing a somewhat different construction of thetripping `30 devices from that shown in Figs. land 2,

and Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating a construction whereby gasoleneor other engines i.

ma be utilized as the operating power.

he plunger A operates in the bale box B lprovided with laterallyextending studs A which may be the extended ends of a shaft. These studsAl project through slots B in the bale box A, and are arranged tooperate at the end of theI pressing stroke 40 of the plunger upon hookedends, of bars C sliding longitudinally in guides D and extending to apoint in rear of the bale box where theyv are connected at C2 with thelower arms of the lever C3 pivoted at Ctand having a cross bar Cs oeratin in front of the to ush said.

locking and 'shifting ever lever to the position in which it l shift thegear'devices relatively to each other in such mannerA as to move thegear devices out of hereinafter. As shown I provide the plun er withrack vdevices F movable in guides in -the bed yframe of the press, andthese racks F constitute a p'art of the gearing cooperating with0.DAMRON, a'

gear devices I-I which are mountedin .e gear frame I pivoted or hingedat i', said gear frame may be lowered to the full line position shown inFi 2 and 4, in which its gears H will mesh Wit theracks F ,og theplunger, or the said frame I may be lifted at its front end to move itsgear-wheels H so that the' out of engagement with lthe racks F ,topermit the plunger to be retracted by the 'spring J. The shaft H carryinthe ears H and an? intermediate ratchet w eel .2 englaged bya pawl Ha isextended beyond the ba e box and receives a gearH4 which is meshed by anion H5, and the said pinion H5 has itse aft H coupled at I-I7 with adrive shaft K load,-

ing from a horse power K2 so the shaftI H may be operated by power tomove .the ger as desired. This is a simple convenient means for applyingpower to the .inwhm and the power may operate continuously as the rockinof the ear frame on itshingeoij pivot I e ects a lifting of the earHoutof 1 mesh with the pinion H5 so t at when `the gears H are liftedout of mesh with their racks F, the gear H4 will also be lifted out ofmesh with its-drive pinion stopping theoperation of the shaft H at suchtime.

The lockingl and shifting lever E is pivoted at E', has a cross bar E2which may be adjusted above the swinging end of the gear frame to lockthe said frame in osition for use and such lever E is also rovided/witha crank arm projection E? which engages the swinging end of thegearframe I after Itho cross bar E2 has beenswung over the said hingedend,.so that the crank arm or rejection E3 will lift the swinging end oft e gear frame to such extent as tornove the wheels H out of mesh withthe rack hars so the latter can slide rearwardly in the reedjustrnent ofthe plunger by the returning spring J.

In the o -eration of the described construcl- 200 in the positionshownin Fig. 2, and theshftH Y tion it wille noticed that when the partsare ear,

ted ine position shown in Fig 2. Thus the l rods C'ywill be'moved by theeng'agementfofl the plunger studs A'- at C `rearwardly and willroelrjthelever;(l3 to the ,fiainey .and hfti tion shown in Fig. 2forcing the locking 'and shiftinglever C to the-dotted line ositionshown in' Fig. 2, thus releasing t e gear said frame by the action s tothe dotted line posiof the rank arm tion shown in Fig. 2, thus liftinthe gears H out of mesh with the rack bars and permitting thereadjustment of the plunger to its initial position by the action of thespring J.

If in oppration at any time the man feeding the mac ,'ne should lget hisfork lin advance of .the plunger or ot er obstruction find its -way intothe press box the o erato'r can instanti move the locking an Ashiftinglever by those skills in this art.

-Fig. 5 of the drawings.

E b and tol the dotted line position shown in "g. 2, thus not onlythrowin the drive mechanism out of operation, but a o moving the eardevices out of inesh so the plunger can e instantly, returned to itsinitial position by the action ofthe spring J. This is important inavoiding injury to the machinery or to the o erators as Will beunderstood If desired a gasolene or-other e be used for drivi the pinionH5, t e shaft of fwhih may for suc purpose be provided with a slprocketor band wheel to receive a chain or be t fron the 'engine as will beunderstood from l In this Fig. 5, the shaft H is shown as su plied witha sprocket y Wheel H1, and a ban Wheel .IF l" soA power may be appliedthereto by a chain or belt as preferred. c

It will be understood that thel automatic releasing of the gearing is animportant feature of my invention, and this'automatic releasing issecured from the lunger.

Manifestly, instead of t e particular construction shown in IFigs. l, 2and 3, I may use the construction shown in Fig. 4, in which a'rodLes-connected at L with the plunger and extends thence to a point inadvance of the locking and shifting lever and has a hook or progectionL2 which enguges with the lower en o the locking and s 'fting lever asthe plunger reaches the end of its pressing stroke and shifts the saidlocking and shifting lever i vto its position as will be understood fromFi 4 of the drawings. j

'ianifestly, my baling press may be used for baling any balablesubstance ormaterial and may if desired be made in different sizes 'nemight .provi ed with means for o yrod connectedlivith saidreleasingleverandx having means for opei'ation by the plunger',l

substantially as set forth.

2. In a press the combination with a plunger, ,and rack devicesconnected therewith, of a frame movable relatively to the rack devicesof the lunger and supporting `a gear movable wit the frame into and outof mesh with the rack devices of the plunger, a locking and shiftinglever operating upon said gear frame and-having means whereby when it isshifted from locked position it will shift the gear frame to free itsgear devices from mesh with the rack devices ofthe plunger, and a rodsliding longitudinally'in thev direction of movement of the plunpandt'fthe l releasing lever from locked position, sub-- arranged foroperation `thereby to s stantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a press',of a plun--iA ger, rack devicesconnected therewith, gear 1 evices meshing with the rack devices,l a`frame sup orting said gear ydevices andj movable w ereby it ma bemovedtoset` its gear devices intoan ,out of mesh with the rack devices of theplunger, a locking and shifting lever having means for locking the gearframe in one position and means'for shifting it from said position, anda'slide rod arranged for operation by the plunger and ing and shiftinglever, su stantially as set forth.

4. The combination in a baling press, ofA

a drive pinion, a lunger, rack devices connected with the p unger, agear frame movably supported, a gear wheel carried by said frame andmovable ftherewith whereby it mav be set into and out of mesh'with the jrac devices of the lunger, and a gear wheel carried by the gear rameandmovable thereeratmg the locky with whereby the gear wheel may' besetinto and out of mesh withfthe drive'pinion, means for looking thegear frame in operative position, and means rforshi'fting it from said ILposition, substantially Aas set forth.

5. rPhe combination with a lun'ger having rack devices, of a gear frameaving e'aring meshing with the rack devices of the p unger, said gearframe ,being movable whereby' its gearing mayr be set into and out ofmesh with said devices, a drive gear carried by the gear frame andmovable therewith whereby it p may be set into and out of mesh with adrive pinion, and a drive pinion meshing with said sition, substantiallyas set forth.

A i gear when the gearv frame is in operative po- 6. The combination, ina baling press, of' a plunger having rack devices, a gear frame hingedat one end and movable at its other end a gearing carried by the gearframe and movable into and out of mesh with the rack devices of theplunger, and a shaft connected with said gearing and extendinglaterally, a gear wheel on such lateral extension of the vices, alooking and shifting lever operating upon said gear frame, e releasinglever hevmesh with seid pinion as the gearing'of the ing a cross bei'adapted to shift said lever movable gear frame is moved intoeld out offrom locked position, and a rod connected mesh with the rack devices ofthe plunger, with seid releasing lever and having means substantially asset forth. for operation' by the plunger, substantially 7. Thecombination, in a press, of a plunas set forth.

ger, rack devices connected with the plunger,

gea-r devices meshing with the rack devices, l a gear frame carryingsaid gear devices and l movablewhereby the ea'r devices may be i setinto and out of inegi with the rack de- I shefL-and e drive pinionmeshing wiih seid l gea-r wheel, the latter moving into and out of iJOSEPH o. DAMRoN.

Wifnessm. SoLoN C. KEMON, J. MIDDLEjroN.

